Notes that the wikiwyg plugin link is broken, and more.

[ikiwiki.git] / doc / todo / mdwn_preview.mdwn

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@@ -4,4 +4,16 @@ is editing. It would be nice if ikiwiki could support this, too. The thing they
 use on StackOverflow is supposed to be free software, so it should be easy to
 add to ikiwiki.
 
-[[!tag wishlist]]
+> See [[wikiwyg]]. Note that I do not have a copy of the code for that, or
+> it'd be in ikiwiki already. --[[Joey]] 
+
+>> I just had a brief look at the [[wikiwyg]] page and the link to the plugin was
+>> broken.  The StackOverflow site uses the [WMD](http://wmd-editor.com/) editor,
+>> which seems to be related to the [ShowDown](http://attacklab.net/showdown/)
+>> javascript port of Markdown.  Interestingly, [WMD source](http://wmd.googlecode.com/)
+>> is now available under an MIT license, though it is supposedly undergoing heavy
+>> refactoring.  It looks like there was previous discussion ( [[todo/Add_showdown_GUI_input__47__edit]] )
+>> about a showdown plugin.  Maybe a WMD plugin would be worthwhile.  I might
+>> look into it if I have time on the weekend. -- [[Will]]
+
+[[!tag wishlist done]]